KJV King James Version
But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
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Hebrews 10:39
But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
WEB World English Bible
But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.
ASV American Standard Version
But we are not of them that shrink back unto perdition; but of them that have faith unto the saving of the soul.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and we are not of those drawing back to destruction, but of those believing to a preserving of soul.
Surrounding context — Hebrews 10
36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if [any man] draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
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1 John 5:5Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?1 Peter 1:5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.Mark 16:16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.2 Thessalonians 2:12-14That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.1 Samuel 15:11It repenteth me that I have set up Saul [to be] king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.1 John 5:16If any man see his brother sin a sin [which is] not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.2 Peter 3:7But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.1 Thessalonians 5:9For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,John 20:31But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.Psalm 44:18Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;John 6:40And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.Luke 11:26Then goeth he, and taketh [to him] seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last [state] of that man is worse than the first.Hebrews 11:1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.Hebrews 6:6-9If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put [him] to an open shame.John 17:12While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.Proverbs 14:14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.Romans 10:9-10That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.2 Thessalonians 2:3Let no man deceive you by any means: for [that day shall not come], except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
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